Beginnings of the Planning and Women Division of the American Planning Association

Marjorie Macris, FAICP
Marjorie has been planning director for Marin County and Berkeley, California.  She directed preparation of the Marin Countywide Plan, a pioneer in environmental, interjurisdictional planning.  She has been a long-time advocate for women in planning.  As president of planning organizations, she has advanced the causes of statewide planning and transportation/land use coordination.  Inducted 2000.

Posted with the permission of Marjorie Macris

Other resources by Marjorie Macris:
Planning Education and Social Equity

The Planning Commissioner and the California Dream: Plan It Again, Sam

Frequently Asked Questions About Urban Planning
School of Arch. and Urban Planning at UW-Milwaukee

Planning and Women, Women in Planning

Jacqueline Leavitt
Ph.D. in Urban Planning, Columbia University

Professor of Urban Planning
School of Public Policy
University of California, Los Angeles

Posted with the permission of Jacqueline Leavitt
1980 Dissertation, Columbia University

Planning and Women's Perspectives and Practices: a Necessary Union

Lucia Capanema Alvares